Method and apparatus for constructing vehicle dynamics model and method and apparatus for predicting vehicle state information

ABSTRACT

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for constructing a vehicle dynamics model and a method and an apparatus for predicting vehicle state information. The method of constructing a vehicle dynamics model includes: obtaining sample historical state information and a sample control parameter sequence corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicle and label vehicle state information of each sample time; inputting the sample historical state information and the sample control parameter sequence corresponding to the sample time into an initial vehicle dynamics model to determine sample prediction state information; by using the sample prediction state information and the label vehicle state information, determining a current loss value; based on the current loss value, adjusting model parameters of the initial vehicle dynamics model until the initial vehicle dynamics model reaches a preset convergence state so as to obtain a pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2021/109534, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 202110092643.3, filed on Jan. 25, 2021.The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of self drivingtechnologies, and in particular to a method and an apparatus forconstructing a vehicle dynamics model and a method and an apparatus forpredicting vehicle state information.

BACKGROUND

In the self driving field, self driving vehicles usually acquire, byprediction, vehicle state information based on a pre-constructed vehicledynamics model so as to complete self driving. Correspondingly, accuracyof a prediction result of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model hasgreat impact on safety of the self driving vehicles.

At present, a simulation software CarSim is generally used to constructa vehicle dynamics model of a vehicle through simulation. When thevehicle dynamics model of the vehicle is constructed by using thesimulation software CarSim, a user needs to know details aboutcharacteristic parameters and working conditions of each system of thevehicle. For the simulation industry in the self driving field, in mostcases, the specific characteristic parameters of each system of thevehicles cannot be obtained from vehicle manufacturers and partsuppliers. In this case, it is required to carry out heuristic parameteradjustment continuously to continuously reduce errors between simulationand true vehicle dynamics.

In addition, even if the characteristic parameters of each system of thevehicle can be obtained during construction of the vehicle dynamicsmodel of the vehicle, due to factors such as manufacturing process andpart loss of the vehicle and the like, there may be some errors betweenthe true vehicle and a mathematical model-derived vehicle dynamics modelconstructed by using the simulation software CarSim.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus forconstructing a vehicle dynamics model and a method and an apparatus forpredicting vehicle state information, so as to construct a vehicledynamics model more fit for a vehicle, and further determine accuratevehicle state information. The specific technical solution is describedbelow.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure,there is provided a method of constructing a vehicle dynamics model,including:

-   -   obtaining sample historical state information and a sample        control parameter sequence corresponding to each sample time of        a target vehicle and label vehicle state information of each        sample time, where the sample control parameter sequence        corresponding to each sample time includes control parameters of        the sample time and each time within an advanced first time        length;    -   for each sample time, inputting the sample historical state        information and the sample control parameter sequence        corresponding to the sample time into an initial vehicle        dynamics model to determine sample prediction state information        corresponding to the sample time;    -   for each sample time, by using the sample prediction state        information corresponding to the sample time and the label        vehicle state information of the sample time, determining a        current loss value corresponding to the initial vehicle dynamics        model;    -   based on the current loss value, adjusting model parameters of        the initial vehicle dynamics model until the initial vehicle        dynamics model reaches a preset convergence state so as to        obtain a pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

Optionally, the sample historical state information corresponding to thesample time is vehicle state information of the target vehicle at a timecorresponding to an advanced second time length of the sample time,where the second time length is less than the first time length.

Optionally, for each sample time, inputting the sample historical stateinformation and the sample control parameter sequence corresponding tothe sample time into the initial vehicle dynamics model to determine thesample prediction state information corresponding to the sample timeincludes:

-   -   for each sample time, inputting the sample historical state        information corresponding to the sample time into a feature        coding layer of the initial vehicle dynamics model to obtain an        implicit vector corresponding to the sample historical state        information corresponding to the sample time;    -   for each sample time, inputting the implicit vector        corresponding to the sample historical state information        corresponding to the sample time and the sample control        parameter sequence corresponding to the sample time into a state        recurrent prediction layer of the initial vehicle dynamics model        to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state        information corresponding to the sample time;    -   for each sample time, inputting the implicit vector        corresponding to the vehicle state information corresponding to        the sample time into a feature decoding layer of the initial        vehicle dynamics model to determine the sample prediction state        information corresponding to the sample time.

Optionally, after the step of obtaining the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model when determining the initial vehicle dynamics modelconverges, the method further includes:

-   -   obtaining raw test data of the target vehicle, where the raw        test data includes: test historical state information, a test        control parameter sequence and test vehicle state information        corresponding to each test time generated during a travel        process of the target vehicle, the test control parameter        sequence corresponding to each test time includes: control        parameters of the test time and each time within the advanced        first time length, and the test historical state information        corresponding to the test time is: vehicle state information of        a time corresponding to the advanced second time length of the        test time;    -   inputting test historical state information and a test control        parameter sequence corresponding to a first test time into the        pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test        prediction state information corresponding to the first test        time, where the first test time includes an earliest test time        and each time prior to the time corresponding to the second time        length after the earliest test time;    -   inputting prediction historical state information and a test        control parameter sequence corresponding to a second test time        into the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine        test prediction state information corresponding to the second        test time, where the second test time is a time other than the        first test time in the test times, and the prediction historical        state information corresponding to the second test time is test        prediction state information corresponding to a time        corresponding to the advanced second time length of the second        test time;    -   by using the test prediction state information and the test        vehicle state information corresponding to each test time,        determining a test result of the pre-constructed vehicle        dynamics model.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure,there is provided a method of predicting vehicle state information,including:

-   -   obtaining historical state information and current control        parameter sequence corresponding to a target vehicle at a        current time, where the current control parameter sequence        includes: control parameters of the current time and each time        within an advanced first time length;    -   inputting the historical state information and the current        control parameter sequence into a pre-constructed vehicle        dynamics model to determine vehicle state information of the        target vehicle at the current time, where the pre-constructed        vehicle dynamics model is a recurrent neural network model        obtained by training based on sample state information and        sample control parameter sequence corresponding to each        historical time of the target vehicle.

Optionally, the historical state information is vehicle stateinformation of the target vehicle at a time corresponding to an advancedsecond time length of the current time, and the second time length isless than the first time length.

Optionally, inputting the historical state information and the currentcontrol parameter sequence into the pre-constructed vehicle dynamicsmodel to determine the vehicle state information of the target vehicleat the current time includes:

-   -   inputting the historical state information into a feature coding        layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to obtain an        implicit vector corresponding to the historical state        information;    -   inputting the implicit vector corresponding to the historical        state information and the current control parameter sequence        into a state recurrent prediction layer of the pre-constructed        vehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicit vector        corresponding to the vehicle state information corresponding to        the current time;    -   inputting the implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state        information corresponding to the current time into a feature        decoding layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to        obtain the vehicle state information corresponding to the        current time.

Optionally, the method further includes:

-   -   obtaining current control parameters determined by a preset        control parameter determining model based on the vehicle state        information of the current time;    -   inputting a target control parameter sequence including the        current control parameters and historical state information        corresponding to a next time of the current time into the        pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine vehicle        state information of the target vehicle at the next time of the        current time, where the target control parameter sequence        further includes: control parameters of various times between        the current time and a previous time of a time corresponding to        the advanced first time length.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure,there is provided an apparatus for constructing a vehicle dynamicsmodel, including:

-   -   a first obtaining module, configured to obtain sample historical        state information and a sample control parameter sequence        corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicle and label        vehicle state information of each sample time, where the sample        control parameter sequence corresponding to each sample time        includes control parameters of the sample time and each time        within an advanced first time length;    -   a first determining module, configured to, for each sample time,        input the sample historical state information and the sample        control parameter sequence corresponding to the sample time into        an initial vehicle dynamics model to determine sample prediction        state information corresponding to the sample time;    -   a second determining module, configured to, for each sample        time, by using the sample prediction state information        corresponding to the sample time and the label vehicle state        information of the sample time, determine a current loss value        corresponding to the initial vehicle dynamics model;    -   an adjusting module, configured to, based on the current loss        value, adjust model parameters of the initial vehicle dynamics        model until the initial vehicle dynamics model reaches a preset        convergence state, so as to obtain a pre-constructed vehicle        dynamics model.

Optionally, the sample historical state information corresponding to thesample time is state information of the target vehicle at a timecorresponding to an advanced second time length of the sample time,where the second time length is less than the first time length.

Optionally, the first determining module is specifically configured to:for each sample time, input the sample historical state informationcorresponding to the sample time into a feature coding layer of theinitial vehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicit vectorcorresponding to the sample historical state information correspondingto the sample time;

-   -   for each sample time, input the implicit vector corresponding to        the sample historical state information corresponding to the        sample time and the sample control parameter sequence        corresponding to the sample time into a state recurrent        prediction layer of the initial vehicle dynamics model to obtain        an implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state        information corresponding to the sample time;    -   for each sample time, input the implicit vector corresponding to        the vehicle state information corresponding to the sample time        into a feature decoding layer of the initial vehicle dynamics        model to determine the sample prediction state information        corresponding to the sample time.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes:

-   -   a second obtaining module, configured to: after obtaining the        pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model when determining the        initial vehicle dynamics model converges, obtain raw test data        of the target vehicle, where the raw test data includes: test        historical state information, a test control parameter sequence        and test vehicle state information corresponding to each test        time generated during a travel process of the target vehicle,        the test control parameter sequence corresponding to each test        time includes: control parameters of the test time and each time        within the advanced first time length, and the test historical        state information corresponding to the test time is: vehicle        state information of a time corresponding to the advanced second        time length of the test time;    -   a fourth determining module, configured to input test historical        state information and a test control parameter sequence        corresponding to a first test time into the pre-constructed        vehicle dynamics model to determine test prediction state        information corresponding to the first test time, wherein the        first test time includes an earliest test time and each time        prior to the time corresponding to the second time length after        the earliest test time;    -   a fifth determining module, configured to input prediction        historical state information and a test control parameter        sequence corresponding to a second test time into the        pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test        prediction state information corresponding to the second test        time, where the second test time is a time other than the first        test time in the test times, and the prediction historical state        information corresponding to the second test time is test        prediction state information corresponding to a time        corresponding to the advanced second time length of the second        test time;    -   a sixth determining module, configured to, by using the test        prediction state information and the test vehicle state        information corresponding to each test time, determine a test        result of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure,there is provided an apparatus for predicting vehicle state information,including:

-   -   a third obtaining module, configured to obtain historical state        information and current control parameter sequence corresponding        to a target vehicle at a current time, where the current control        parameter sequence includes: control parameters of the current        time and each time within an advanced first time length;    -   a seventh determining module, configured to input the historical        state information and the current control parameter sequence        into a pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine        vehicle state information of the target vehicle at the current        time, where the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model is a        recurrent neural network model obtained by training based on        sample state information and sample control parameter sequence        corresponding to each historical time of the target vehicle.

Optionally, the historical state information is vehicle stateinformation of the target vehicle at a time corresponding to an advancedsecond time length of the current time, and the second time length isless than the first time length.

Optionally, the seventh determining module is specifically configuredto: input the historical state information into a feature coding layerof the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicitvector corresponding to the historical state information;

-   -   input the implicit vector corresponding to the historical state        information and the current control parameter sequence into a        state recurrent prediction layer of the pre-constructed vehicle        dynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to the        vehicle state information corresponding to the current time;    -   input the implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state        information corresponding to the current time into a feature        decoding layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to        obtain the vehicle state information corresponding to the        current time.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes:

-   -   a fourth obtaining module, configured to obtain current control        parameters determined by a preset control parameter determining        model based on the vehicle state information of the current        time;    -   an eighth determining module, configured to input a target        control parameter sequence including the current control        parameters and historical state information corresponding to a        next time of the current time into the pre-constructed vehicle        dynamics model to determine vehicle state information of the        target vehicle at the next time of the current time, where the        target control parameter sequence further includes: control        parameters of various times between the current time and a        previous time of a time corresponding to the advanced first time        length.

It can be known from the above that, in the method and apparatus forconstructing a vehicle dynamics model and a method and an apparatus forpredicting vehicle state information according to the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, sample historical state information and a samplecontrol parameter sequence corresponding to each sample time of a targetvehicle and label vehicle state information of each sample time areobtained, where the sample control parameter sequence corresponding toeach sample time includes control parameters of the sample time and eachtime within an advanced first time length; for each sample time, thesample historical state information and the sample control parametersequence corresponding to the sample time are input into an initialvehicle dynamics model to determine sample prediction state informationcorresponding to the sample time; for each sample time, by using thesample prediction state information corresponding to the sample time andthe label vehicle state information of the sample time, a current lossvalue corresponding to the initial vehicle dynamics model is determined;based on the current loss value, model parameters of the initial vehicledynamics model are adjusted until the initial vehicle dynamics modelreaches a preset convergence state, so as to obtain a pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model.

In the application of the embodiments of the present disclosure, byusing sample historical state information and a sample control parametersequence corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicle and labelvehicle state information of each sample time, an initial vehicledynamics model is trained to perform supervised learning through thevehicle dynamics model so as to learn a relationship of each samplehistorical state information and sample control parameter sequence ofthe target vehicle and the label vehicle state information of the sampletime, thereby achieving peer-to-pear modeling for vehicle dynamicswithout involving any human labor. Further, the data for training themodel is collected based on the true situations of the target vehicle,and thus the constructed vehicle dynamics model will be more fit for thecharacteristics of the vehicle, and further more accurate vehicle stateinformation can be determined by using the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model. Of course, any product or method for implementing thepresent disclosure does not need to have all advantages as above at thesame time.

The embodiments of the present disclosure have the following creativepoints.

-   -   1. Supervised learning is performed through the vehicle dynamics        model so as to learn a relationship of each sample historical        state information and sample control parameter sequence of the        target vehicle and the label vehicle state information of the        sample time, thereby achieving peer-to-pear modeling for the        vehicle dynamics model without involving any human labor.        Further, the data for training the model is collected based on        the true situations of the target vehicle, and thus the        constructed vehicle dynamics model will be more fit for the        characteristics of the vehicle, and further more accurate        vehicle state information can be determined by using the        pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.    -   2. The dynamics system is a delay system, that is, the vehicle        state information of the sample time is related to the state        information of the time corresponding to the advanced second        time length of the sample time and also related to the sample        control parameter sequence of the time corresponding to the        advanced second time length of the sample time and a previous        time. Considering the randomness and computing amount of the        delay value of the dynamics system, control parameters between        the sample time and a time corresponding to the advanced first        time length of the sample time are set to a sample control        parameter sequence corresponding to the sample time to ensure        that the sample control parameter sequence surely includes        control parameters relating to the vehicle state information of        the sample time and that model training is effective and        computing burden is considered. Furthermore, with the above        disposal, the model is enabled to implicitly learn the delay        value of the dynamics system of the vehicle such that the        trained pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model can better        determine the accurate vehicle state information.    -   3. The recurrent neural network model, i.e. the pre-constructed        vehicle dynamics model, which learns the relationship of each        sample historical state information and sample control parameter        sequence of the target vehicle and the label vehicle state        information of the sample time, can determine the vehicle state        information of the vehicle at the current time, which is more        accurate and more fit for the characteristics of the target        vehicle, thus ensuring the travel safety of the vehicle.

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In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions of theembodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art, drawingsrequired for description of the embodiments or the prior arts will bebriefly introduced below. Apparently, the drawings described hereunderare only some embodiments of the present disclosure. Those skilled inthe art may obtain other drawings based on these drawings without makingcreative work.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of constructing a vehicledynamics model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram illustrating data flow of a staterecurrent prediction layer.

FIG. 2B is a structural schematic diagram illustrating a vehicledynamics model.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of predicting vehicle stateinformation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a structural schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus forconstructing a vehicle dynamics model according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus forpredicting vehicle state information according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosurewill be fully and clearly described below in combination with theaccompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure.Apparently, the embodiments described herein are merely some embodimentsof the present disclosure rather than all embodiments. Other embodimentsobtained by those skilled in the art based on these embodiments withoutmaking creative work shall all fall within the scope of protection ofthe present disclosure.

It should be noted that the terms “including”, “having” and anyvariation thereof in the embodiments and drawings of the presentdisclosure are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example,processes, methods, systems, products or devices including a series ofsteps or units are not limited to these listed steps or units but mayoptionally further include steps or units unlisted herein or optionallyfurther include other steps or units inherent to these processes,methods, systems, products or devices.

The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus forconstructing a vehicle dynamics model and a method and an apparatus forpredicting vehicle state information, so as to construct a vehicledynamics model more fit for a vehicle, and further determine accuratevehicle state information. The embodiments of the present disclosurewill be detailed below.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of constructing a vehicledynamics model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Themethod includes the following steps.

At step S101, sample historical state information and a sample controlparameter sequence corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicleand label vehicle state information of each sample time are obtained.

The sample control parameter sequence corresponding to each sample timeincludes control parameters of the sample time and each time within anadvanced first time length.

The method of constructing a vehicle dynamics model according to theembodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to any firstelectronic device having computing power, which may be a terminal or aserver. In an implementation, a functional software for implementing themethod may exist in the form of separate client software, or in the formof a plug-in of the current relevant client software, for example, inthe form of a functional module of a dynamics system or the like.

In a case, the first electronic device may be a vehicle-carried devicewhich is disposed inside a target vehicle, or a non-vehicle-carrieddevice capable of obtaining relevant information of the target vehicle,or the like.

If it is required to construct a vehicle dynamics model of a targetvehicle, the first electronic device may obtain sample historical stateinformation and a sample control parameter sequence corresponding toeach sample time of the target vehicle and label vehicle stateinformation of each sample time, where the label vehicle stateinformation of the sample time is true vehicle state information of thetarget vehicle at the sample time. The sample historical stateinformation corresponding to the sample time is historical stateinformation corresponding to a time prior to the sample time. The samplecontrol parameter sequence corresponding to the sample time includescontrol parameters of the sample time and each time within an advancedfirst time length. The first time length is set base on experiences.Each time corresponds to a plurality of types of control parameters andthe types of the control parameters corresponding to each time are same.

In a case, the vehicle state information may include but not limited to:speed, acceleration, yaw rate and pose angle and the like of a vehicle.The types of the control parameters corresponding to each time includebut not limited to: brake control amount and throttle control amount andthe like.

Considering that the true dynamics system of a vehicle is a delaysystem, a change amount that the dynamic system changes from a vehiclestate O(T−N) of a time T−N to a vehicle state O(T) of a time T is takenas a random variable Y. Y is related to a control parameter sequence of(−∞, T−X) and the vehicle state O(T−N) of the time T−N but not relatedto a control parameter sequence of each time between the time T−N andthe time T. Correspondingly, if it is required to predict a changeamount from the vehicle state O(T−N) of the time T−N to the vehiclestate O(T) of the time T, a control parameter sequence between (T−N−σ,T−σ) is used, where σ represents a delay σ of the dynamics system. In acase, the value of the delay of the dynamics system is about between 1.5frames and 2.5 frames, i.e. between 30 ms and 50 ms.

Considering the delay σ of the dynamics system is a random variable, thetimes corresponding to a head and a tail of a control data sequence fordetermining the vehicle state of the time T can be expanded to (T−N−σ−A,T), i.e. (T−K, T). When the control data sequence of the times (T−K, T)is used to predict the vehicle state of the time T, input is made to thevehicle dynamics model to enable the vehicle dynamics model toimplicitly learn the random variable σ, such that an output result ofthe pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model subsequently obtained bytraining achieves a better effect. T, N, σ, A and K are all positiveintegers and K is greater than N. Correspondingly, N represents thefirst time length and K represents the second time length.

Correspondingly, in an implementation of the present disclosure, thesample historical state information corresponding to the sample time isvehicle state information of the target vehicle at a time correspondingto the advanced second time length of the sample time, where the secondtime length is less than the first time length.

At step S102, for each sample time, the sample historical stateinformation and the sample control parameter sequence corresponding tothe sample time are input into an initial vehicle dynamics model todetermine sample prediction state information corresponding to thesample time.

When training the initial vehicle dynamics model by using the samplehistorical state information and the sample control parameter sequencecorresponding to each sample time and the label vehicle stateinformation of each sample time, the first electronic device may trainthe initial vehicle dynamics model by using single-frame data, that is,for each sample time, the initial vehicle dynamics model is trained byusing the sample historical state information and the sample controlparameter sequence corresponding to the sample time and the labelvehicle state information of the sample time. Correspondingly, for eachsample time, the first electronic device inputs the sample historicalstate information and the sample control parameter sequencecorresponding to the sample time into the initial vehicle dynamics modelto determine sample prediction state information corresponding to thesample time.

In an implementation, the initial vehicle dynamics model is a recurrentneural network model based on deep learning, which may include a featurecoding layer, a state recurrent prediction layer and a feature decodinglayer. In a case, the feature coding layer and the feature decodinglayer may be implemented by a fully-connected layer, and the staterecurrent prediction layer may be implemented by a Gated Recurrent Unit(GRU).

At step S103, for each sample time, by using the sample prediction stateinformation corresponding to the sample time and the label vehicle stateinformation of the sample time, a current loss value corresponding tothe initial vehicle dynamics model is determined.

In an implementation, for each sample time, the first electronic devicemay, by using the sample prediction state information corresponding tothe sample time and the label vehicle state information of the sampletime, calculate a distance between the sample prediction stateinformation corresponding to the sample time and the label vehicle stateinformation, and determine the calculated distance as a current lossvalue corresponding to the initial vehicle dynamics model.

In another implementation, for each sample time, the first electronicdevice may, by using the sample prediction state informationcorresponding to the sample time and the label vehicle state informationof the sample time, calculate a distance between the sample predictionstate information corresponding to the sample time and the label vehiclestate information; determine an average value or a sum of the distancesbetween the sample prediction state information corresponding to apreset number of sample times and the label vehicle state information asa current loss value corresponding to the initial vehicle dynamicsmodel.

At step S104, based on the current loss value, model parameters of theinitial vehicle dynamics model are adjusted until the initial vehicledynamics model reaches a preset convergence state, so as to obtain apre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

In this step, the first electronic device may firstly determine whetherthe current loss value is greater than a preset loss threshold; if thecurrent loss value is greater than the preset loss threshold, the firstelectronic device may determine the initial vehicle dynamics model doesnot converge, and use a preset optimization algorithm to adjust themodel parameters of the initial vehicle dynamics model and return to,for each sample time, input the sample historical state information andthe sample control parameter sequence corresponding to the sample timeinto the parameter-adjusted initial dynamics model to determine thesample prediction state information corresponding to the sample time,and further, based on the sample prediction state informationcorresponding to the sample time and the label vehicle state informationof the sample time, determine a loss value corresponding to the initialvehicle dynamics model as the current loss value, and then re-determinewhether the current loss value is greater than the preset lossthreshold; if the current loss value is greater than the preset lossthreshold, the first electronic device may continue using the presetoptimization algorithm to adjust the model parameters of theparameter-adjusted initial vehicle dynamics model and so on, until it isdetermined that the loss value corresponding to the parameter-adjustedinitial vehicle dynamics model is not greater than the preset lossthreshold. Thus, it is determined that the parameter-adjusted initialvehicle dynamics model reaches the preset convergence state, and hence,the current parameter-adjusted initial vehicle dynamics model isdetermined as the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

The preset optimization algorithm may be gradient descent method, leastsquare method or genetic algorithm or the like. The current loss valuemay be calculated based on LOSS function, for example, based on L2LOSSfunction.

In the application of the embodiments of the present disclosure, byusing sample historical state information and a sample control parametersequence corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicle and labelvehicle state information of each sample time, an initial vehicledynamics model is trained to perform supervised learning through thevehicle dynamics model so as to learn a relationship of each samplehistorical state information and sample control parameter sequence ofthe target vehicle and the label vehicle state information of the sampletime, thereby achieving peer-to-pear modeling for vehicle dynamicswithout involving any human labor. Further, the data for training themodel is collected based on the true situations of the target vehicle,and thus the constructed vehicle dynamics model will be more fit for thecharacteristics of the vehicle, and further more accurate vehicle stateinformation can be determined by using the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the step S102 mayinclude the following steps 011 to 013.

At step 011, for each sample time, the sample historical stateinformation corresponding to the sample time is input into a featurecoding layer of the initial vehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicitvector corresponding to the sample historical state informationcorresponding to the sample time.

At step 012, for each sample time, the implicit vector corresponding tothe sample historical state information corresponding to the sample timeand the sample control parameter sequence corresponding to the sampletime are input into a state recurrent prediction layer of the initialvehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to thevehicle state information corresponding to the sample time.

At step 013, for each sample time, the implicit vector corresponding tothe vehicle state information corresponding to the sample time is inputinto a feature decoding layer of the initial vehicle dynamics model todetermine the sample prediction state information corresponding to thesample time.

In this implementation, the historical state information correspondingto the sample time is state information of a time corresponding to theadvanced second time length of the sample time, which is single-framedata. In order to ensure subsequent effective training for the initialvehicle dynamics model, the first electronic device, for each sampletime, inputs the sample historical state information corresponding tothe sample time into the feature coding layer of the initial vehicledynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to the samplehistorical state information corresponding to the sample time, andinputs the implicit vector corresponding to the sample historical stateinformation corresponding to the sample time as an initial state vectorand the sample control parameter sequence corresponding to the sampletime into the state recurrent prediction layer of the initial vehicledynamics model, such that the state recurrent prediction layer, based onthe initial state vector and the sample control parameter sequencecorresponding to the sample time, sequentially recurrently determines animplicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state information of eachtime after a time corresponding to the initial state vector until animplicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state information of thesample time is determined.

Further, the first electronic device, for each sample time, inputs theimplicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state informationcorresponding to the sample time into the feature decoding layer of theinitial vehicle dynamics model for decoding to obtain the sampleprediction state information corresponding to the sample time, that is,the predicted vehicle state information corresponding to the sampletime.

In an implementation, the feature coding layer of the initial vehicledynamics model may be implemented by using one 32-dimensionalfully-connected layer. The state recurrent prediction layer of theinitial vehicle dynamics model may be implemented by using a gatedrecurrent unit (GRU). The feature decoding layer of the initial vehicledynamics model may be implemented by using one 16-dimensionalfully-connected layer and one 3-dimensional fully-connected layer.

As shown in FIG. 2A, it is a schematic diagram of data flow of a staterecurrent prediction layer, where z_(t) and r_(t) respectively representa value corresponding to an update gate and a value corresponding to areset gate. The update gate is used to control a degree that the vehiclestate information of the time t−1 is brought to the vehicle stateinformation of the time t. A larger value of the update gate indicatesthat more vehicle state information of the time t−1 is brought in. Thereset gate is used to control an amount that the vehicle stateinformation of the time t−1 is written into the vehicle stateinformation of the time t. A smaller value of the reset gate indicatesthat less vehicle state information of the time t−1 is written.

In the state recurrent prediction layer, processing procedures arerepresented by the following formulas:

z _(t)=σ(W _(z) ·[h _(t−1) ,x _(t)]);

r _(t)=σ(W _(r) ·[h _(t−1) ,x _(t)]);

{tilde over (h)} _(t)=tan h(W·[r _(t) *h _(t−1) ,x _(t)]);

h _(t)=(1−z _(t))*h _(t−1) +z _(t) *{tilde over (h)} _(t);

where and W are parameters of the state recurrent prediction layer,which are obtained by training; h_(t−1) represents the vehicle stateinformation of the time t−1; during a training process, the initialvalue of the h_(t−1) is the sample historical state informationcorresponding to the sample time; in a subsequent practical predictionprocess, the initial value of the h_(t−1) is the historical stateinformation corresponding to the current time; h_(t) represents thevehicle state information of the time t; in a training process, h_(t) isthe sample prediction state information corresponding to the sampletime; in a subsequent practical prediction process, h_(t) is the vehiclestate information corresponding to the current time; in a trainingprocess, x_(t) is the sample control parameter sequence corresponding tothe sample time; in a subsequent practical prediction process, x_(t) isthe current control parameter sequence corresponding to the currenttime. In the above formulas, [ ] represents connection of two vectorsand * represents a product of a matrix.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the method furtherincludes: a test process for a pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model todetermine whether a vehicle state determined by the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model is good or not. Correspondingly, after step S104,the method may further include the following steps 021 to 024.

At step 021, raw test data of the target vehicle is obtained.

The raw test data includes: test historical state information, a testcontrol parameter sequence and test vehicle state informationcorresponding to each test time generated during a travel process of thetarget vehicle; the test control parameter sequence corresponding toeach test time includes: control parameters of the test time and eachtime within the advanced first time length, and the test historicalstate information corresponding to the test time is: vehicle stateinformation of a time corresponding to the advanced second time lengthof the test time.

At step 022, test historical state information and a test controlparameter sequence corresponding to a first test time are input into thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test predictionstate information corresponding to the first test time.

The first test time includes: an earliest test time and each time priorto the time corresponding to the second time length after the earliesttest time.

At step 023, prediction historical state information and a test controlparameter sequence corresponding to a second test time are input intothe pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test predictionstate information corresponding to the second test time.

The second test time is a time other than the first test time in thetest times, and the prediction historical state informationcorresponding to the second test time is test prediction stateinformation corresponding to a time corresponding to the advanced secondtime length of the second test time.

At step 024, by using the test prediction state information and the testvehicle state information corresponding to each test time, a test resultof the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model is determined.

In this implementation, in order to test the accuracy of the predictionresult of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model, the firstelectronic device may firstly obtain the raw test data of the targetvehicle, where the raw test data includes: test historical stateinformation, a test control parameter sequence and test vehicle stateinformation corresponding to each test time generated during a travelprocess of the target vehicle. For the purpose of clarity ofdescriptions, the times corresponding to the data used in the testprocess are referred to as test times, where the test vehicle stateinformation corresponding to each test time is true vehicle stateinformation of the target vehicle.

The first electronic device, based on a time sequence of the first testtimes, sequentially inputs the test historical state information and thetest control parameter sequences corresponding to the first test timesinto the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model, such that the testprediction state information corresponding to each first test time isdetermined by using the feature coding layer, the state recurrentprediction layer and the feature decoding layer of the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model.

As shown in FIG. 2B, when a vehicle state corresponding to the time T ispredicted, it is required to use a vehicle state corresponding to thetime T−N, i.e., “O(T−N)” indicated in FIG. 2B, and the control parametersequence from the time T−K to the time T, i.e. “S(T)” indicated in FIG.2B, where N represents the first time length and K represents the secondtime length, and N is less than K. When the time T is the earliest testtime in the test times, the times of T to T+N−1 are the first testtimes. Correspondingly, when its corresponding vehicle stateinformation, i.e. corresponding test prediction state information, isdetermined, it is required to use the test historical state informationand the test control parameter sequence corresponding to the first testtime in the raw test data.

As shown in FIG. 2B, when a vehicle state corresponding to the time T ispredicted, coding is performed by using O(T−N) and S(T) as the featurecoding layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model, i.e. a32-dimensional fully-connected layer “FC(32)Initial States” to obtain acorresponding implicit vector; the implicit vector as an initial statevector and the S(T) are input into the state recurrent prediction layer,i.e. the GRU as shown in FIG. 2B, such that, based on the initial statevector and the S(T), i.e. the control parameter sequence of from thetime T−K to the time T, an implicit vector corresponding to the vehiclestate information of each time after a time corresponding to the initialstate vector is sequentially recurrently determined, until an implicitvector corresponding to the vehicle state corresponding to the time T isdetermined. The implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle statecorresponding to the time T is input into the feature decoding layer,i.e. one 16-dimensional fully-connected layer, for example, “FC(16)” asshown in FIG. 2B and one 3-dimensional fully-connected layer, forexample, “FC(3)” as shown in FIG. 2B, so as to perform decoding on theimplicit vector corresponding to vehicle state corresponding to the timeT and obtain a vehicle state corresponding to the time T, for example,O(T) shown in FIG. 2 .

Correspondingly, when the vehicle state information corresponding to thetime T+N, i.e. the corresponding test prediction state information iscalculated by starting from the time T+N, it is required to use thevehicle state corresponding to the time T and the control parametersequence of from the time T+N−K to the time T+N. At this time, thevehicle state corresponding to the time T includes: test vehicle stateinformation corresponding to the time T in the raw test data as well asthe test prediction state information output by the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model.

In order to test the accuracy of the prediction determination result ofthe pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model, when the test predictionstate information corresponding to the time T+N is determined, it isrequired to take the test prediction state information corresponding tothe time T as the test historical state information corresponding to thetime T+N and correspondingly input the test prediction state informationcorresponding to the time T and the test control parameter sequencecorresponding to the time T+N, i.e. the control parameter sequence offrom the time T+N−K to the time T+N in the raw test data, into thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine the test predictionstate information corresponding to the second test time. By analogy, thetest prediction state information of each time after the time T+N can becalculated in sequence. Correspondingly, the time T+N and each timeafter the time T+N are the above second test times.

Correspondingly, after the test prediction state informationcorresponding to each first test time is determined, the firstelectronic device may, based on a time sequence of the second testtimes, sequentially input the prediction historical state informationand the test control parameter sequences corresponding to the secondtest times into the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model such that thetest prediction state information corresponding to each second test timeis determined by using the feature coding layer, the state recurrentprediction layer and the feature decoding layer of the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model. The prediction historical state informationcorresponding to the second test time is test prediction stateinformation corresponding to a time corresponding to the advanced secondtime length of the second test time. For example, when the second testtime is the time T+N, the prediction historical state informationcorresponding to the second test time is test prediction stateinformation corresponding to the time T and output by thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

After the test prediction state information corresponding to each testtime is determined, a distance between the test prediction stateinformation and the test vehicle state information corresponding to eachtest time is calculated based on the test prediction state informationand the test vehicle state information corresponding to each test time;based on the distance between the test prediction state information andthe test vehicle state information corresponding to each test time, atest result of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model is determined.

The process of determining the test result of the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model may include: determining a number of distancesnot exceeding a preset distance threshold in the distances between thetest prediction state information and the test vehicle state informationcorresponding to the test times; if a ratio of the number of thedistances not exceeding the preset distance threshold to a total numberof distances exceeds a preset ratio, determining the test result of thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model includes information representingthe pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model passes test; otherwise, ifthe ratio of the number of the distances not exceeding the presetdistance threshold to the total number of distances does not exceed thepreset ratio, determining the test result of the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model includes information representing the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model fails to pass test. In the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, the process of determining the test result of thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model is not specifically limited.

When it is determined that the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics modelpasses test, the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model can be appliedto a process of determining the vehicle state information of the targetvehicle. Otherwise, when it is determined that the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model fails to pass test, it is required to performtraining again to obtain a pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the data used for trainingand testing the vehicle dynamics model includes control parameters andvehicle state information recorded during a travel process of the targetvehicle. The data used for training and testing the vehicle dynamicsmodel does not need to be labeled manually, saving human labor costs tosome extent. The vehicle dynamics model does not need to maintain anyinternal state. When the model predicts a vehicle state at single time,the input vehicle state information is the vehicle state information ofone historical frame or time. Each frame corresponds to one independentsample, which increases the number of pieces of sample data for trainingand testing the vehicle dynamics model to some extent and reduces thecomputing difficulty of the training process and subsequent test andactual prediction determining processes. The model can start predictionat any time without any warm-up, that is, can start performing theprediction determining process of the vehicle state information once thetarget vehicle is in a stationary state.

Corresponding to the above method embodiment, an embodiment of thepresent disclosure provides a method of predicting vehicle stateinformation, which relies on the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics modelconstructed in the above method embodiments. As shown in FIG. 3 , themethod includes the following steps S301 to S302.

At step S301, historical state information and current control parametersequence of a target vehicle corresponding to a current time areobtained.

The current control parameter sequence includes: control parameters ofthe current time and each time within an advanced first time length.

The method of predicting vehicle state information according to anembodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a secondelectronic device having computing power, which may be a terminal or aserver. In an implementation, a functional software for implementing themethod may exist in the form of separate client software, or in the formof a plug-in of the current relevant client software, for example, inthe form of a functional module of a dynamics system or the like. Thesecond electronic device and the above first electronic device may be asame physical device or different physical devices.

In a case, the second electronic device may be a vehicle-carried devicewhich is disposed inside a target vehicle, or a non-vehicle-carrieddevice capable of obtaining relevant information of the target vehicle,or the like.

When predicting and determining vehicle state information of a targetvehicle, the second electronic device may obtain historical stateinformation and current control parameter sequence of the target vehiclecorresponding to a current time, where the historical state informationcorresponding to the current time is historical state informationcorresponding to a time prior to the current time. The current controlparameter sequence corresponding to the current time includes: controlparameters of the current time and each time within an advanced firsttime length. The first time length is set based on experiences. Eachtime corresponds to a plurality of types of control parameters and thetypes of the control parameters corresponding to each time are same.

In a case, the vehicle state information may include but not limited to:speed, acceleration, yaw rate and pose angle and the like of a vehicle.The types of the control parameters corresponding to each time includebut not limited to: brake control amount and throttle control amount andthe like.

Considering the true dynamics system of the vehicle is a delay system,in an implementation of the present disclosure, the historical stateinformation is vehicle state information corresponding to a timecorresponding to an advanced send time length of the current time, wherethe second time length is less than the first time length.

At step S302, the historical state information and the current controlparameter sequence are input into a pre-constructed vehicle dynamicsmodel to determine vehicle state information of the target vehicle atthe current time.

The pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model is a recurrent neural networkmodel obtained by training based on sample state information and samplecontrol parameter sequence corresponding to each historical time of thetarget vehicle and may include a feature coding layer, a state recurrentprediction layer and a feature decoding layer. In a case, the featurecoding layer and the feature decoding layer may be implemented by afully-connected layer, and the state recurrent prediction layer may beimplemented by a Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU).

The second electronic device inputs the historical state information andthe current control parameter sequence into the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model. The pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model processes thehistorical state information and the current control parameter sequenceby using its feature coding layer, state recurrent prediction layer andfeature decoding layer to determine the vehicle state information of thetarget vehicle at the current time. Further, the vehicle stateinformation of the target vehicle at the current time is output suchthat a travel state of the target vehicle can be controlled based on thevehicle state information of the target vehicle at the current time.

In application of the embodiments of the present disclosure, therecurrent neural network model, i.e. the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model which learns the relationship of each sample historicalstate information and sample control parameter sequence of the targetvehicle and the label vehicle state information of the sample time, candetermine the vehicle state information of the vehicle at the currenttime, which is more accurate and more fit for the characteristics of thetarget vehicle, thus ensuring the travel safety of the vehicle.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the step S302 furtherincludes the following steps 031 to 033.

At step 031, the historical state information is input into the featurecoding layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to obtain animplicit vector corresponding to the historical state information.

At step 032, the implicit vector corresponding to the historical stateinformation and the current control parameter sequence are input intothe state recurrent prediction layer of the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to the vehiclestate information corresponding to the current time.

At step 033, the implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle stateinformation corresponding to the current time is input into the featuredecoding layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to obtainthe vehicle state information corresponding to the current time.

In this implementation, the historical state information correspondingto the current time is state information of a time corresponding to theadvanced second time length of the current time, which is single-framedata. In order to ensure subsequent effective prediction anddetermination by the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model, the secondelectronic device inputs the historical state information correspondingto the current time into the feature coding layer of the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to thehistorical state information corresponding to the current time, andinputs the implicit vector corresponding to the historical stateinformation corresponding to the current time as an initial state vectorand the current control parameter sequence into the state recurrentprediction layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model, suchthat the state recurrent prediction layer, based on the initial statevector and the current control parameter sequence, sequentiallyrecurrently determines an implicit vector corresponding to the vehiclestate information of each time after a time corresponding to the initialstate vector until an implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle stateinformation of the current time is determined.

Furthermore, the second electronic device inputs the implicit vectorcorresponding to the vehicle state information corresponding to thecurrent time into the feature decoding layer of the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model for decoding to obtain the vehicle stateinformation corresponding to the current time.

In an implementation, the feature coding layer of the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model may be implemented by using one 32-dimensionalfully-connected layer. The state recurrent prediction layer of thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model may be implemented by using agated recurrent unit (GRU). The feature decoding layer of thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model may be implemented by using one16-dimensional fully-connected layer and one 3-dimensionalfully-connected layer.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may furtherinclude the following steps 041 to 042.

At step 041, current control parameters determined by a preset controlparameter determining model based on the vehicle state information ofthe current time are obtained.

At step 042, a target control parameter sequence including the currentcontrol parameters and historical state information corresponding to anext time of the current time are input into the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model to determine the vehicle state information of the targetvehicle at the next time of the current time.

The target control parameter sequence further includes: controlparameters of various times between the current time and a previous timeof a time corresponding to the advanced first time length.

In this implementation, the second electronic device may, afterdetermining the vehicle state information of the current time, input thevehicle state information of the current time into the preset controlparameter determining model, such that the preset control parameterdetermining model, based on the vehicle state information of the currenttime, determines control parameters of the target vehicle correspondingto a next time of the current time. Correspondingly, the secondelectronic device obtains control parameters corresponding to the nexttime of the current time; adds the control parameters corresponding tothe next time of the current time to the target control parametersequence and takes the sequence as the control parameter sequencecorresponding to the next time of the current time; inputs the targetcontrol parameter sequence including the current control parameters andthe historical state information corresponding to the next time of thecurrent time into the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model todetermine the vehicle state information of the target vehicle at thenext time of the current time.

The preset control parameter determining model may use any determinationalgorithm for determining vehicle control parameters in the prior artsto, based on the vehicle state information of the current time,determine control parameters corresponding to the next time of thecurrent time for controlling the travel of the target vehicle.

Corresponding to the above method embodiments, an embodiment of thepresent disclosure provides an apparatus for constructing a vehicledynamics model. As shown in FIG. 4 , the apparatus includes:

-   -   a first obtaining module 410, configured to obtain sample        historical state information and a sample control parameter        sequence corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicle        and label vehicle state information of each sample time, wherein        the sample control parameter sequence corresponding to each        sample time includes control parameters of the sample time and        each time within an advanced first time length;    -   a first determining module 420, configured to, for each sample        time, input the sample historical state information and the        sample control parameter sequence corresponding to the sample        time into an initial vehicle dynamics model to determine sample        prediction state information corresponding to the sample time;    -   a second determining module 430, configured to, for each sample        time, by using the sample prediction state information        corresponding to the sample time and the label vehicle state        information of the sample time, determine a current loss value        corresponding to the initial vehicle dynamics model;    -   an adjusting module 440, configured to, based on the current        loss value, adjust model parameters of the initial vehicle        dynamics model until the initial vehicle dynamics model reaches        a preset convergence state, so as to obtain a pre-constructed        vehicle dynamics model.

In the application of the embodiments of the present disclosure, byusing sample historical state information and a sample control parametersequence corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicle and labelvehicle state information of each sample time, an initial vehicledynamics model is trained to perform supervised learning through thevehicle dynamics model so as to learn a relationship of each samplehistorical state information and sample control parameter sequence ofthe target vehicle and the label vehicle state information of the sampletime, thereby achieving peer-to-pear modeling for vehicle dynamicswithout involving any human labor. Further, the data for training themodel is collected based on the true situations of the target vehicle,and thus the constructed vehicle dynamics model will be more fit for thecharacteristics of the vehicle, and further more accurate vehicle stateinformation can be determined by using the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the sample historicalstate information corresponding to the sample time is state informationof the target vehicle at a time corresponding to an advanced second timelength of the sample time, where the second time length is less than thefirst time length.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the first determiningmodule 420 is specifically configured to: for each sample time, inputthe sample historical state information corresponding to the sample timeinto a feature coding layer of the initial vehicle dynamics model toobtain an implicit vector corresponding to the sample historical stateinformation corresponding to the sample time;

-   -   for each sample time, input the implicit vector corresponding to        the sample historical state information corresponding to the        sample time and the sample control parameter sequence        corresponding to the sample time into a state recurrent        prediction layer of the initial vehicle dynamics model to obtain        an implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state        information corresponding to the sample time;    -   for each sample time, input the implicit vector corresponding to        the vehicle state information corresponding to the sample time        into a feature decoding layer of the initial vehicle dynamics        model to determine the sample prediction state information        corresponding to the sample time.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus furtherincludes:

-   -   a second obtaining module (not shown), configured to: after        obtaining the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model when        determining the initial vehicle dynamics model converges, obtain        raw test data of the target vehicle, where the raw test data        includes: test historical state information, a test control        parameter sequence and test vehicle state information        corresponding to each test time generated during a travel        process of the target vehicle, the test control parameter        sequence corresponding to each test time includes: control        parameters of the test time and each time within the advanced        first time length, and the test historical state information        corresponding to the test time is: vehicle state information of        a time corresponding to the advanced second time length of the        test time;    -   a fourth determining module (not shown), configured to input        test historical state information and a test control parameter        sequence corresponding to a first test time into the        pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test        prediction state information corresponding to the first test        time, where the first test time includes an earliest test time        and each time prior to the time corresponding to the second time        length after the earliest test time;    -   a fifth determining module (not shown), configured to input        prediction historical state information and a test control        parameter sequence corresponding to a second test time into the        pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test        prediction state information corresponding to the second test        time, where the second test time is a time other than the first        test time in the test times, and the prediction historical state        information corresponding to the second test time is test        prediction state information corresponding to a time        corresponding to the advanced second time length of the second        test time;    -   a sixth determining module (not shown), configured to, by using        the test prediction state information and the test vehicle state        information corresponding to each test time, determine a test        result of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.

Corresponding to the above method embodiments, an embodiment of thepresent disclosure provides an apparatus for predicting vehicle stateinformation. As shown in FIG. 5 , the apparatus includes:

-   -   a third obtaining module 510, configured to obtain historical        state information and current control parameter sequence        corresponding to a target vehicle at a current time, where the        current control parameter sequence includes: control parameters        of the current time and each time within an advanced first time        length;    -   a seventh determining module 520, configured to input the        historical state information and the current control parameter        sequence into a pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to        determine vehicle state information of the target vehicle at the        current time, where the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model        is a recurrent neural network model obtained by training based        on sample state information and sample control parameter        sequence corresponding to each historical time of the target        vehicle.

In application of the embodiments of the present disclosure, therecurrent neural network model, i.e. the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model which learns the relationship of each sample historicalstate information and sample control parameter sequence of the targetvehicle and the label vehicle state information of the sample time, candetermine the vehicle state information of the target vehicle at thecurrent time, which is more accurate and more fit for thecharacteristics of the target vehicle, thus ensuring the travel safetyof the vehicle.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the historical stateinformation is vehicle state information of the target vehicle at a timecorresponding to an advanced second time length of the current time, andthe second time length is less than the first time length.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the seventh determiningmodule 520 is specifically configured to input the historical stateinformation into a feature coding layer of the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to thehistorical state information;

-   -   input the implicit vector corresponding to the historical state        information and the current control parameter sequence into a        state recurrent prediction layer of the pre-constructed vehicle        dynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to the        vehicle state information corresponding to the current time;    -   input the implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle state        information corresponding to the current time into a feature        decoding layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to        obtain the vehicle state information corresponding to the        current time.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus furtherincludes:

-   -   a fourth obtaining module (not shown), configured to obtain        current control parameters determined by a preset control        parameter determining model based on the vehicle state        information of the current time;    -   an eighth determining module (not shown), configured to input a        target control parameter sequence including the current control        parameters and historical state information corresponding to a        next time of the current time into the pre-constructed vehicle        dynamics model to determine vehicle state information of the        target vehicle at the next time of the current time, where the        target control parameter sequence further includes: control        parameters of various times between the current time and a        previous time of a time corresponding to the advanced first time        length.

Corresponding to the method embodiments, the system and apparatusembodiments have the same technical effects with detailed descriptionsreferred to the method embodiments. The apparatus embodiments areobtained based on method embodiments and detailed descriptions may bereferred to the corresponding part of the method embodiments and willnot be repeated herein. Persons of ordinary skills in the prior art mayunderstand that the drawings are only illustrations of the embodimentsand the modules or flows in the drawings are not necessary forimplementing the present disclosure.

Persons of ordinary skills in the prior art may understand that themodules in the apparatus of the embodiments may be distributed in theapparatus of the embodiments based on the descriptions of theembodiments, or changed accordingly to be located in one or moreapparatuses different from the present embodiments. The modules in theabove embodiments may be combined into one module or split into aplurality of sub-modules.

Finally, it should be noted that, the above embodiments are used only todescribe the technical solutions of the present disclosure rather thanlimit the present disclosure. Although detailed descriptions are made tothe present disclosure by referring to the preceding embodiments, thoseskilled in the art should understand that the technical solutionsrecorded in the preceding embodiments can be modified or part of thetechnical features therein is equivalently replaced. These modificationsor substitutions will not cause the corresponding technical solutions todepart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of theembodiments of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of constructing a vehicle dynamicsmodel, comprising: obtaining sample historical state information and asample control parameter sequence corresponding to each sample time of atarget vehicle and label vehicle state information of each sample time,wherein the sample control parameter sequence corresponding to eachsample time comprises control parameters of the sample time and eachtime within an advanced first time length; for each sample time,inputting the sample historical state information and the sample controlparameter sequence corresponding to the sample time into an initialvehicle dynamics model to determine sample prediction state informationcorresponding to the sample time; for each sample time, by using thesample prediction state information corresponding to the sample time andthe label vehicle state information of the sample time, determining acurrent loss value corresponding to the initial vehicle dynamics model;based on the current loss value, adjusting model parameters of theinitial vehicle dynamics model until the initial vehicle dynamics modelreaches a preset convergence state so as to obtain a pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the samplehistorical state information corresponding to the sample time is vehiclestate information of the target vehicle at a time corresponding to anadvanced second time length of the sample time, wherein the second timelength is less than the first time length.
 3. The method of claim 1,wherein for each sample time, inputting the sample historical stateinformation and the sample control parameter sequence corresponding tothe sample time into the initial vehicle dynamics model to determine thesample prediction state information corresponding to the sample timecomprises: for each sample time, inputting the sample historical stateinformation corresponding to the sample time into a feature coding layerof the initial vehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicit vectorcorresponding to the sample historical state information correspondingto the sample time; for each sample time, inputting the implicit vectorcorresponding to the sample historical state information correspondingto the sample time and the sample control parameter sequencecorresponding to the sample time into a state recurrent prediction layerof the initial vehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicit vectorcorresponding to the vehicle state information corresponding to thesample time; for each sample time, inputting the implicit vectorcorresponding to the vehicle state information corresponding to thesample time into a feature decoding layer of the initial vehicledynamics model to determine the sample prediction state informationcorresponding to the sample time.
 4. The method of claim 1, whereinafter the step of obtaining the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics modelwhen determining the initial vehicle dynamics model converges, themethod further comprises: obtaining raw test data of the target vehicle,wherein the raw test data comprises: test historical state information,a test control parameter sequence and test vehicle state informationcorresponding to each test time generated during a travel process of thetarget vehicle, the test control parameter sequence corresponding toeach test time comprises: control parameters of the test time and eachtime within the advanced first time length, and the test historicalstate information corresponding to the test time is: vehicle stateinformation of a time corresponding to the advanced second time lengthof the test time; inputting test historical state information and a testcontrol parameter sequence corresponding to a first test time into thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test predictionstate information corresponding to the first test time, wherein thefirst test time comprises an earliest test time and each time prior tothe time corresponding to the second time length after the earliest testtime; inputting prediction historical state information and a testcontrol parameter sequence corresponding to a second test time into thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test predictionstate information corresponding to the second test time, wherein thesecond test time is a time other than the first test time in the testtimes, and the prediction historical state information corresponding tothe second test time is test prediction state information correspondingto a time corresponding to the advanced second time length of the secondtest time; by using the test prediction state information and the testvehicle state information corresponding to each test time, determining atest result of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.
 5. A methodof predicting vehicle state information based on a vehicle dynamicsmodel, comprising: obtaining historical state information and currentcontrol parameter sequence of a target vehicle corresponding to acurrent time, wherein the current control parameter sequence comprises:control parameters of the current time and each time within an advancedfirst time length; inputting the historical state information and thecurrent control parameter sequence into a pre-constructed vehicledynamics model to determine vehicle state information of the targetvehicle at the current time, wherein the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model is a recurrent neural network model obtained by trainingbased on sample state information and sample control parameter sequencecorresponding to each historical time of the target vehicle; wherein thevehicle dynamics model is constructed by the following method: obtainingsample historical state information and a sample control parametersequence corresponding to each sample time of a target vehicle and labelvehicle state information of each sample time, wherein the samplecontrol parameter sequence corresponding to each sample time comprisescontrol parameters of the sample time and each time within an advancedfirst time length; for each sample time, inputting the sample historicalstate information and the sample control parameter sequencecorresponding to the sample time into an initial vehicle dynamics modelto determine sample prediction state information corresponding to thesample time; for each sample time, by using the sample prediction stateinformation corresponding to the sample time and the label vehicle stateinformation of the sample time, determining a current loss valuecorresponding to the initial vehicle dynamics model; based on thecurrent loss value, adjusting model parameters of the initial vehicledynamics model until the initial vehicle dynamics model reaches a presetconvergence state so as to obtain a pre-constructed vehicle dynamicsmodel.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the historical stateinformation is vehicle state information of the target vehicle at a timecorresponding to an advanced second time length of the current time, andthe second time length is less than the first time length.
 7. The methodof claim 5, wherein inputting the historical state information and thecurrent control parameter sequence into the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model to determine the vehicle state information of the targetvehicle at the current time comprises: inputting the historical stateinformation into a feature coding layer of the pre-constructed vehicledynamics model to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to thehistorical state information; inputting the implicit vectorcorresponding to the historical state information and the currentcontrol parameter sequence into a state recurrent prediction layer ofthe pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to obtain an implicit vectorcorresponding to the vehicle state information corresponding to thecurrent time; inputting the implicit vector corresponding to the vehiclestate information corresponding to the current time into a featuredecoding layer of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to obtainthe vehicle state information corresponding to the current time.
 8. Themethod of claim 5, further comprising: obtaining current controlparameters determined by a preset control parameter determining modelbased on the vehicle state information of the current time; inputting atarget control parameter sequence comprising the current controlparameters and historical state information corresponding to a next timeof the current time into the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model todetermine vehicle state information of the target vehicle at the nexttime of the current time, wherein the target control parameter sequencefurther comprises: control parameters of various times between thecurrent time and a previous time of a time corresponding to the advancedfirst time length.
 9. An apparatus for constructing a vehicle dynamicsmodel, comprising: one or more processors, and a non-transitory storagemedium in communication with the one or more processors, thenon-transitory storage medium configured to store program instructions,wherein, when executed by the one or more processors, the instructionscause the apparatus to perform: obtaining sample historical stateinformation and a sample control parameter sequence corresponding toeach sample time of a target vehicle and label vehicle state informationof each sample time, wherein the sample control parameter sequencecorresponding to each sample time comprises control parameters of thesample time and each time within an advanced first time length; for eachsample time, inputting the sample historical state information and thesample control parameter sequence corresponding to the sample time intoan initial vehicle dynamics model to determine sample prediction stateinformation corresponding to the sample time; for each sample time, byusing the sample prediction state information corresponding to thesample time and the label vehicle state information of the sample time,determining a current loss value corresponding to the initial vehicledynamics model; based on the current loss value, adjusting modelparameters of the initial vehicle dynamics model until the initialvehicle dynamics model reaches a preset convergence state, so as toobtain a pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.
 10. The apparatus ofclaim 9, wherein the sample historical state information correspondingto the sample time is vehicle state information of the target vehicle ata time corresponding to an advanced second time length of the sampletime, wherein the second time length is less than the first time length.11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein for each sample time, inputtingthe sample historical state information and the sample control parametersequence corresponding to the sample time into the initial vehicledynamics model to determine the sample prediction state informationcorresponding to the sample time comprises: for each sample time,inputting the sample historical state information corresponding to thesample time into a feature coding layer of the initial vehicle dynamicsmodel to obtain an implicit vector corresponding to the samplehistorical state information corresponding to the sample time; for eachsample time, inputting the implicit vector corresponding to the samplehistorical state information corresponding to the sample time and thesample control parameter sequence corresponding to the sample time intoa state recurrent prediction layer of the initial vehicle dynamics modelto obtain an implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle stateinformation corresponding to the sample time; for each sample time,inputting the implicit vector corresponding to the vehicle stateinformation corresponding to the sample time into a feature decodinglayer of the initial vehicle dynamics model to determine the sampleprediction state information corresponding to the sample time.
 12. Theapparatus of claim 9, wherein after the step of obtaining thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model when determining the initialvehicle dynamics model converges, the method further comprises:obtaining raw test data of the target vehicle, wherein the raw test datacomprises: test historical state information, a test control parametersequence and test vehicle state information corresponding to each testtime generated during a travel process of the target vehicle, the testcontrol parameter sequence corresponding to each test time comprises:control parameters of the test time and each time within the advancedfirst time length, and the test historical state informationcorresponding to the test time is: vehicle state information of a timecorresponding to the advanced second time length of the test time;inputting test historical state information and a test control parametersequence corresponding to a first test time into the pre-constructedvehicle dynamics model to determine test prediction state informationcorresponding to the first test time, wherein the first test timecomprises an earliest test time and each time prior to the timecorresponding to the second time length after the earliest test time;inputting prediction historical state information and a test controlparameter sequence corresponding to a second test time into thepre-constructed vehicle dynamics model to determine test predictionstate information corresponding to the second test time, wherein thesecond test time is a time other than the first test time in the testtimes, and the prediction historical state information corresponding tothe second test time is test prediction state information correspondingto a time corresponding to the advanced second time length of the secondtest time; by using the test prediction state information and the testvehicle state information corresponding to each test time, determining atest result of the pre-constructed vehicle dynamics model.